Origin

This is from Old French restorer, from Latin restaurare ‘rebuild, restore’. This can also mean ‘to provide food for’ from its restorative effects, which is the source of restaurant (early 19th century).

restorer

Terry's trick is to use warmed paint, quickly applied before it cools, to achieve a smooth result without resorting to thinners often added by classic car restorers.

English reformers wished to show that they were not innovators but rather restorers of ancient and true ways that had been lost after 1066.

Moreover, before undertaking their task these restorers had clearly relined the canvas, for evidence of such replacements became apparent when the painting was further restored in New York in 1963-64 by William Suhr.